GM Intro:
I'm Flying Dutchman and have been on this site since about 2009. Recently I've started to take on DM responsibilities and am proud to say my first game has been active six-moths with over 200 IC posts. I've been itching to take on another game and am happy to announce I've found a story and a system to start another successful game with.

Background:
Basically this game takes place in an alternate poke-reality(and yes I did just say that). The concept is that Pokemon have been corrupted by a dark power of sorts and that they have rebelled against their masters and taken to the wilds. This caused much of the world to fall into chaos because of how ingrained pokemon are in human society and the economy. You will live the story of a group of young people from pallet town who will set out into the world to discover what is causing the blight and see what has happened to the other people outside of your now isolated village.

What to Expect: I try to strike a solid balance between combat and RP. I'm looking at about 60-40 RP-Combat ratio in this game. I want lots of inter-character dialogue, talking to NPC's, and working through social situations. I might even work in a romantic interest or two.

I like to give players open ended challenges and let them figure out how to work things out. I don't think railroading players through a series of plot events is very interesting, although I don't want players thinking they have to do all the heavy lifting. I try to set-up a framework of where I would like things to go and let the players decide how they want to get there, setting up obstacles and content for the players along the way.

Feel free to check out my other campaign to get a feel for how I run things.

Players:
All players are young adults(16-20) from Pallet Town. You've all been called to Professor Willow's Laboratory with the promise of work. With times as tough as they have been, none of you refused.

Applications:
To apply, create a new thread in the applications sub-thread in the game forum. You'll all start at level 0, using the standard creation rules as outlined in the PT:A books. You will NOT have a starting pokemon. Further details can be found in the application thread. Feel free to post questions here or in the OOC thread in the game.

Additional Info:
Further information about the state of the world and game rules can be found here.

New to the system?:
Fear not, PT:A is a free system. Just google Pokemon Tabletop Adventures and you should be able to find the books in a few minutes. I'd put up the link here, but I think it's against site rules.

This is my first attempt at a PT:A game. I'm still learning the rules a bit so I just want anyone who applies to be aware of that. This will also have a different feel than a lot of Pokemon games. Pokemon as a rule is a very "happy" world, this game will not be, or at least less so. There will be violence, probably some semi-adult situations and the whole world will have a very "grim" feel about it. Again I just want everyone to be aware before they apply.

I'm not a Pokemon buff although I've played a few of the games and have a vague idea of the lore of the world. This game will not follow it. This game will take place in the Kanto region(at least initially) but acting under the assumption that all of the Pokemon types have populated all of the regions, so any Pokemon will be able to be found at any time.

All of the Pokemon in the PT:A books will be allowed, but will not allow any home-brew Pokemon, moves, or trainer classes or really anything else. Sorry for any inconvenience.

Lastly, I am a very sloppy typist. I misspell, mis-punctuate, and fail utterly at grammar on a regular basis. I do however try to edit any mistakes I see in my posts but i will miss some. If that's an issue for anyone, don't let the bits hit you while exiting this thread.

Celtic Guardian 7

Apr 8 '12 10:15pm

Posting interest. Never played this sort of a game, but <3 Pokemon.

kai927

Apr 8 '12 10:32pm

So, how is the Pokemon going crazy going to affect trainers and their Pokemon?

Flying Dutchman

Apr 8 '12 10:39pm

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Originally Posted by kai927
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So, how is the Pokemon going crazy going to affect trainers and their Pokemon?

Mostly that trainers don't really exist anymore, or at least not that most people know of.

Kelgate

Apr 8 '12 11:07pm

I'm interested, just will need to come up with a good concept for this.

xArchonx

Apr 8 '12 11:20pm

definitely interested.. sounds like a cool idea

Jestem

Apr 9 '12 12:17am

Interested, although the system will take a moment for me to get my head around

Antihero

Apr 10 '12 12:32am

Looking at an app now. Question, though: how long ago did this mysterious malady occur? Like, in living memory, or what?

Cnyperos

Apr 10 '12 12:35am

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That was almost a decade ago.

I'd say within living memory. ;)

Flying Dutchman

Apr 10 '12 12:42am

Yes since most of you would have been less than 10 you will have childhood memories of a time when pokemon and trainers were common place, however most of your teenaged and adult years will be during "the blight".